| Show OGDEN HAS GREAT COLISEUM I IFOR I FOR HER LIVE STOCK SHOW Dedication by G Governor vernor George H Dern Live Stock Industry Mean Much to Utah Ogden J Jan Jn n With 5 5 With praise for the enterprise of Ogden citizens Gover Gover- Governor Governor Governor I nor George GCorge IL H Dern dedicated the livestock col coliseum seum this after after- afternoon afternoon noon before a few thousand citizens of Utah and neighboring states including in- in in including practically all of the leading cattlemen of the west platform The governor spoke from a plat plat- form in the center of the huge huffe structure structure structure ture and on all nil sides of him were the most highly prize pure-bred pure cattle c sheep and hogs that could be gathered in Utah Idaho Montana 1 Colorado and with top herds in each breed from as far distant as Chicago on the east cast and California on the west Governor Dern recalled attending a meeting of Ogden business men on the evening of 10 last when it was decided to build the large arbe structure lie lIc marveled at nt th tha speed with which it was built and paid a compliment to C J Humphris con con- con or for constructing the coliseum in four fifty-four days Governor Dern said I was invited to come here today to dedicate the new Ogden Livestock Show coliseum To dedicate means to devote formally and solemnly to a special use In order that we may know clearly what we are doing we must understand who is giving this building and to what special use it is isto isto isto to be devoted I 1 chanced chanc d to be in Ogden on the ev evening ev- ev evening evening ening of November 10 and I had the privilege of attending a dinner at the Weber club where the architects architect's plans were iere were submitted discussed and approved I regard it as a noteworthy noteworthy noteworthy thy achievement that a building of this size type of construction should have been erected since that date I Iam Iam Iam am informed that it was commenced on the of November or 54 days ago including Sundays and the Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year holidays I want to compliment the contractor who put up this great building in so short a time lie is a worthy example of the push and en- en energy energy en energy ergy for or which Ogden is famous When I was shown the plans I was told that the coliseum was being bein fi- fi financed financed fi financed by public subscriptions from the citizens of Ogden and Weber coun coun- county coun- coun county county ty with some assistance from other citizens of the state of U Utah h and that it was being bein done purely as a civic enterprise and not to make profits for forthe forthe forthe the subscribers b rs I lam am filled with re re- re unselfish unselfish unselfish fish devotion of Ogden people to the welfare and of their city Ogden has long been distinguished for forthe forthe forthe the cordial cordia harmonious and enter enter- pris pris manner in which its citizens operate co-operate co and pull to together ether in any any- anything anything anything thing that is going to 10 help time Gate City One of tho requisites of good citizenship is a willingness and dispo dispo- disposition disposition to do ones one's full share of the work that needs to be done for the ben ben- bendit benefit ben benefit dit ff rf the community and Ogden has been singularly fortunate in having ing havinga a class of business men who have been as keenly interested in the public tiel- tiel fare eI- eI fare as in their private af affairs These men have been alert to the tre possibilities possibilities ties tics and amid opportunities ft nt their city and they have been enthusiastically loyal and devoted to her advancement That is why Ogden has so rapid rapidly de- de developed developed de developed into an important flourishing thriving city What helps Ogden Oden helps Utah and hence the whole state te is under lasting obligations to city and to the men who have built it up This coliseum is another product of the Ogden spirit Nothing could be finer than the generous manner in which your people have got behind this project and freely given to the public this edifice which will win mean so much for the prosperity of the city of Ogden the s state te of Utah and the whole mountain intermountain in country That Thatis Thatis Thatis is the answer anS to the question Who is living iving this thus building The sp special cial use to which this coli- coli coliseum coliseum coli coliseum seum is to be devot devoted d is the develop develop- development development ment meat of the livest livestock ck industry and other agricultural act activities t es in Utah and the surrounding states This is ig isto isto to be a public building building and and it is to be used for educational purposes It will form a home for exhibitions of the highest development in livestock poultry seeds and agricultural pro pro- products pro products ducts Wherever art and science science are taught visual instruction has been found a valuable method of conveying thought To see sec n a process process process demon demon- demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated is much more impressive than to hear it described or to read about it it When growers s see sae e the exhibits that will be shown there they not only will comprehend this the results that have been obtained by others but the they will willbe willbe willbe be moved by the spirit of emulation and when they go and do likewise the quality and quantity of their their products ts will be enhanced This means In- In Increased in- in increased in increased creased production which will win bring added wealth to the individual and hence to the he state Some of the exhibitions of farm products and livestock that will be hll 1 here herp will be competitive in char char- character character character acter and that will win be an additional stimulus for or quality Inci Inci- Inci- Inci Incidentally Incidentally dentally this structure will lend itself to a v variety of civic activities trials o of speed athletic contests and other large lurge public gatherings s Primarily this building was needed to house the annual Ogden Livestock show the seventh one ole of which is now being held The rhe livestock show has become a fixed Ogden institution From small b beginnings ginnings it has grown to dignity y and importance With the the ample and modern facilities afforded Jy by this coliseum it will be equipped to serve larger territory and to do so more effectively As the scope influence influence influence ence and usefulness of the livestock show increase the importance of Og- Og OgleD len leD ler as a livestock center will be mul- mul mul many fold The name of Og- Og Ogden Ogden Og den will win be associated with the high high- highest highest high highest est achievements in in the breedin breeding of cattle sheep and ho hogs s and that will brin bring renown not only to but also to the time state of which she forms so conspicuous a part The Th fact that Og- Og Ogden Og den is the home of Sarah Ann Duplicate Duplicate Duplicate cate the American all-American Holstein cow has already Dready brought us this kind of fame The importance of the livestock in- in industry industry in industry to the state of Utah is so ob- ob obvious obvious ob obvious that I need not quote statistics to prove it Our state as well as the rest of the intermountain country is not a highly developed industrial sec sec- section section sec section tion and it produces more agricultural agricultural tural products than it can consume We must therefore ship out our sur- sur surplus surplus sur surplus plus products Our remoteness from the centers of population subjects us uso uso o 0 freight rates that prohibit us from hipping out low grade products The simplest way to concentrate farm pro pro- products products pro products ducts is to convert them into meat dairy products and ald wool by feeding them t to hogs cattle and sheep Fur Fur- Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore our area is largely largey composed of ranges which can be used for no other purpose than grazing and these ranges are arc the source of a large pro pro- proportion proportion pro proportion portion of our livestock production The livestock industry is therefore ab- ab absolutely absolutely ab absolutely essential to this territory Without it we should be drudging along in poverty and we should have no chance to progress With it every farmer has a share in the general prosperity that is largely the result of the industry that produced in U Utah h in 1925 Not only the formers farmers but those who operate the packing houses creameries eries eries and cheese factories participate participate pate in in the benefits to say nothing of the railroad men and others who are engaged in the transportation of the products of the livestock industry An industry that is so far reaching in its beneficent effects deserves the most intelligent and sympathetic at- at attention attention at attention of any governmental government l agency that is able to serve it The least fortunate people in our country today are arc the farmers About half one half of the population of the Unit Unit- United United United ed States is engaged in agriculture They provide the food and the fibre for clothing themselves and the theother theother theother other half Their service is in- in indispensable indispensable in indispensable dispensable without them we should all starve and freeze Such Sucha a service deserves a fair reward e ard and yet conditions that arc are inferior to those of the people who arc are engaged in other industries The country has been rea- rea rela- rela relatively rela relatively prosperous during the past few years and industrial workers have re- re received received re received high wages but the farmer has had a hard time to get along He Heis Heis Heis is calling for help and he needs help Probably the safest road toward re- re relief relief re relief lief is in a better ordination co-ordination of the capital and labor engaged directly and indirectly in agriculture anda and a greater knowledge of agricultural economics One branch of agricultural economics is a n scientific knowledge of livestock breeding and feeding and a full fun recognition recognition recognition of the fact that quality is what the world wants and will pay for When farmers learn that it takes no nomore nomore nomore more feed to produce choice stuff that will top the market than it does to produce canners that bring the lowest price they will have found a way to help themselves that will go o far to- to toward toward to toward ward making farming forming a profitable and attractive business Utah has about two and one half one million sheep half a million cattle and hogs It is interesting to spec spec- speculate speculate speculate on what the raising of better livestock would mean menn to the farmers and stockmen of our state If every sheep could be made to produce one pound of woo wool more per year we should have an on additional pounds of woo wool which at 40 cents p per r rI pound would bring an extra 1000 1000 It can cnn be done I We sell lambs per year If the quality of these lambs is im- im improved improved im improved proved so that they will bring an ex- ex extra ex 1 I tra exI tra dollar per head we shall get an- an another an another 11 other It can be done I We sell cattle per year m I much of ot it scrubby stuff If we im- im improve improve im improve I imI prove the quality of these cattle so they will brin bring an additional 1000 per head we shall have another 1 1 It can be done We have dairy cows in Utah If I their grade could be improved so they would yield 50 pounds per year noi more e butterfat we should have pounds which at 15 45 cents would v bring in another It cast be done one These are arc not unreasonable assumptions and the they show the kind of results re- re results re results that can be obtained through the program that this livestock show shoo is designed to encourage and promote The exhibitions that will be held in inthis inthis inthis this building bunding will preach eloquent ser C- C sermons mons on quality and by so doi doing g th they j are going to contribute to the farns- farns salvation In there there- thir therefore therefore ers every respect fore this coliseum is designed to ben her benefit benefit I the public and it is truly a 8 public institution and so I count it mm 1 i privilege o to io be authorized by tho the II en- enterprising en enterprising people of Ogden to cale i di- di cate it to the advancement of the live live- livestock livestock live livestock stock and agricultural industries and to the service of all those who UI are aie e eO O en- engaged n in pursuits in the int inter inter- intermountain mountain mountain country and I hereby ex- ex extend extend ex extend tend an nn invitation to the citizens our o of our neighbor states to come conic to Uta Utah and avail themselves of the time Ogden Ogder Livestock Show coliseum for the stag stag- st staging staging ing and holding of any gathering I g-I I whose object is in harmon harmony with th the purposes to which this edifice i ii is now non I dedicated I assure those who wish to make use of this coliseum that it shall shaH m mat at nil all times remain here as al a home horn for the quartering of ot such beneficent public activities |
